Math 1023: Honors Calculus I
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Course website
- Instructor:
- Maosheng Xiong : mamsxiong AT ust DOT hk
Office: 3477 Tel: 2358-7456
- Office
hours: Mon/Wed, 14:00pm--14:50pm, or by appointment.
Please feel free to stop by my office anytime during weekdays when I am
available.
- TA:
- Chen Yanze (ychenen@ust.hk) and Ye Rougang
(rye@ust.hk).
- Lecture:
- Mon/Wed: 10:30pm--11:50pm, Rm 2465 (Lift 25-26)
- Tutorial: T1A, T1B, T1C, T1D, Check schedules by yourself
- Course Description:
- 3 credit units. This is the first part of a one-year honors course on single-variable
calculus, with strong emphasis on mathematical concepts and logical reasoning
skills. Topics include: sequences and their limits, functions, continuity,
extreme value theorem, intermediate value theorem, derivatives and
differentiation rules, differentiability, mean value theorem, l’Hopital’s rule,
Taylor expansion, and
applications of derivatives.
- Prerequisites:
- Level 5* or above in HKDSE Mathematics Extended Module M2.
- Textbook:
- Professor Min Yan's book, Calculus.
- Online Reference books:
- 1. Kenneth A. Ross,
Elementary Analysis: The
Theory of Calculus, second Edition, Undergraduate Texts in
Mathematics, Springer.
- 2. Richard Courant and Fritz John,
Introduction to Calculus and Analysis I,
Springer, 1989.
- Grading Policy: no extra credit.
- Homework: 10%
- Midterm (150 minutes): 30% -- 13 October, 10:00am--12:30pm, LSK G012.
- Final Exam (180 minutes): 60% --08 December, 8:30am--11:30am, LG4
Student Common Rooms
- Homework Policy
- There will be a
total of 10 weekly Homework, assigned on Wednesdays. Each homework is worth 1
point, for a total of 10 points.
- Each homework assigned on Wednesday is DUE
at 5:00pm in the Math 1023 Mailbox.
- No late homework will be accepted.
- Suggestions to students:
- 0. Learn to be disciplined!
- 1. Come to class on time.
- 2. Attendances are not mandatory but strongly recommended.
- 3. Read the textbook and do exercises before and after classes.
- 4. Turn off cell phones and keep quiet in class.
- 5. If you have to go to bathroom or leave early for some reason,
just go quietly without interrupting others.
- Academic
Integrity
- Students are required to maintain the highest
standards of academic integrity. Click the above website for university
regulation. No cheating will be tolerated. Honesty is the best policy.
- Homework Assignments and course materials: Check
Course website